Hilaire Belloc's Poetry, by first line

• Talking (and Singing) of the Nordic Man

  I
  Behold, my child, the Nordic man,

  15 lines
• Time Cures All

  It was my shame, and now it is my boast,
  That I have loved you rather more than most.

  2 lines, 2 comments
• The Telephone

  To-night in million-voiced London I
  Was lonely as the million-pointed sky

  4 lines
• The Death and Last Confession of Wandering Peter

  When Peter Wanderwide was young
  He wandered everywhere he would:

  41 lines
• Introduction: The Bad Child's Book of Beasts

  I call you bad, my little child,
  Upon the title page,

  24 lines, 2 comments
• Introduction: More Beasts for Worse Children

  The parents of the learned child
  (His father and his mother)

  30 lines
• Lord Finchley

  Lord Finchley tried to mend the Electric Light
  Himself. It struck him dead: And serve him right!

  4 lines
• The Lion

  The Lion, the Lion, he dwells in the Waste,
  He has a big head and a very small waist;

  4 lines, 1 comment
• The Tiger

  The tiger, on the other hand,
  Is kittenish and mild,

  8 lines, 1 comment
• The Scorpion

  The Scorpion is as black as soot,
  He dearly loves to bite;

  4 lines
• The Vulture

  The Vulture eats between his meals,
  And that's the reason why

  8 lines
• The Microbe

  The Microbe is so very small
  You cannot make him out at all,

  16 lines
• Charles Augustus Fortescue, Who always Did what was Right, and so accumulated an Immense Fortune.

  The nicest child I ever knew
  Was Charles Augustus Fortescue.

  32 lines, 1 comment
• The South Country

  When I am living in the Midlands
  That are sodden and unkind,

  60 lines
• Ha'nacker Mill

  Sally is gone that was so kindly,
  Sally is gone from Ha'nacker Hill

  15 lines
• Godolphin Horne,Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black.

  Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born;
  He held the Human Race in Scorn,

  46 lines
• Algernon

  Young Algernon, the Doctor's Son,
  Was playing with a Loaded Gun

  10 lines, 2 comments
• Hildebrand, Who was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to Reason.

  "Oh murder! What was that, Papa!"
  "My child, It was a Motor-Car,

  18 lines
• George, Who played with a Dangerous Toy, and suffered a Catastrophe of considerable Dimensions.

  When George's Grandmamma was told
  That George had been as good as gold,

  34 lines
• Lord Lundy, Who was too Freely Moved to Tears, and thereby ruined his Political Career

  Lord Lundy from his earliest years
  Was far too freely moved to Tears.

  38 lines
• Lord Lundy II - Second Canto

  It happened to Lord Lundy then,
  As happens to so many men:

  40 lines
• Because My Faltering Feet

  Because my faltering feet may fail to dare
  The first descendant of the steps of Hell

  14 lines
• Lines For A Christmas Card

  May all my enemies go to hell,
  Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel.

  2 lines, 2 comments
• The Dromedary

  The Dromedary is a cheerful bird:
  I cannot say the same about the Kurd.

  2 lines
• Song

  Inviting the influence of a young lady upon the opening year
  You wear the morning like your dress

  17 lines
• The Night

  Most Holy Night, that still dost keep
  The keys of all the doors of sleep,

  16 lines, 1 comment
• The Pelagian Drinking Song

  Pelagius lived at Kardanoel
  And taught a doctrine there

  47 lines
• The Birds

  When Jesus Christ was four years old
  The angels brought Him toys of gold,

  10 lines
• Drinking Song, On the Excellence of Burgundy Wine

  My jolly fat host with your face all a-grin,
  Come, open the door to us, let us come in.

  21 lines, 1 comment
• Heretics All

  Heretics all, whoever you may be,
  In Tarbes or Nimes, or over the sea,

  16 lines

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